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This was my experience when traveling in India: "Is this train XXXX going to XXXX?" "Yes." Four hours later--no, definitely not the right train.
by jmagoon 13y ago
This was my experience when traveling in India: "Is this train XXXX going to XXXX?" "Yes."
Four hours later--no, definitely not the right train.
- crucialfelix 13y agoThis is a well known cultural quirk. Never ask a yes no question. The answer will always be yes. Yes is more polite. If the answer is unknown then yes is always the correct answer.